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[Paul Heald] The current term of copyright in South Africa is life-of-the-author plus 50 years. But the US is pressuring South Africa to extend the term to life-plus-70. Since the US is a net exporter of copyrighted media, like songs, books, and movies, US copyrights earn billions in revenue yearly. The US wants to prolong this trade imbalance as long
[Ana Santos Rutschman] Abstract: This Essay examines the ways in which intellectual property regimes influence incentives for the development of new vaccines for infectious diseases. Charting the tension between market forces and public health imperatives, the Essay considers an emerging solution to the long-standing problem of insufficient incentives for vaccine research and development: the rise of public-private partnerships in the
[Electronic Information for Libraries] In October 2019, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) released a new Model Law on Copyright and Related Rights. EIFL reviewed the ARIPO Model Law against EIFL’s ‘Core Library Exceptions Checklist’ that sets out provisions that every copyright law should have to support modern library activities and services.
[Khanuengnit Khaosaeng] Abstract: As a fundamental principle, by granting exclusive rights, copyright provides economic incentives to encourage authors and artists to express their ideas, and in that process, create a new work. As a general rule, when using a protected work, a person needs permission from the copyright holder of such work. However, this article finds that: economic interests provided
[Mike Palmedo and Margarita Gorospé] In April 2019, IIPA petitioned USTR to review South Africa's GSP benefits, alleging it fails to provide "adequate and effective" protection of copyrighted works... IIPA notes the following concern with the quotations exception in South Africa's Copyright Amendments Bill: "Section 12B(1)(a) provides a broad and circular exception for quotation, permitting any quotation provided that 'the
As World Intellectual Property Organization members gather this week to nominate one candidate to lead the organization for the next 6 years, many are urging a look past politics to see candidates for the skills and abilities they bring. But with six highly qualified candidates, and the advantage for countries of holding what is seen as a plum global post,
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